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A roundup of the latest ICT\/technology news from across the Caribbean region for the period Monday 27 January to Sunday 2 February 2020.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Monday, 27 January 2020<\/h3>\n

Bahamas In Fintech ‘First For Caribbean’<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Corporate loan rejection rates in The Bahamas are double those in other Caribbean countries, it has been revealed, resulting in financial technology (Fintech) being deployed to boost capital access\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Better Hope NDC initiates ICT, literacy and other programmes for residents<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Better Hope Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) is playing a significant role in fostering educational development in its community\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Jamaica soon to debate Data Protection Bill in Parliament<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Hon. Fayval Williams, says the Data Protection Bill, now before a Joint Select Committee of Parliament, is expected to go before the House shortly\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

 St Kitts & Nevis Virtual Assets Bill to facilitate cashless society<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 St Kitts and Nevis has passed a Virtual Assets Bill which, according to Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr Timothy Harris, will allow the Federation to play a more responsible role in the global marketplace\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, 28 January 2020<\/h3>\n

\"\"BTC extends voluntary separation program into 2020<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) has extended its voluntary separation program (VSEP) into 2020, continuing to work toward streamlining the company and aligning it for the rapidly changing telecoms industry, the company stated in a press statement sent to Guardian Business\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

RAFAEL to provide cyber defense for Dominican Republic Central Bank<\/h4>\n

Dominican Republic <\/em>\u2013 RAFAEL to provide cyber defense for Dominican Republic Central Bank\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Advanced technology kits presented to 14 primary schools \u2013 aimed at boosting digital learning<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Hundreds of Region 6, East Berbice-Corentyne, students now have access to digital learning programmes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel blames gov\u2019t for \u201cdark ages\u201d telecoms sector, as GTT celebrates 29 years<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 A day after the Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes, boasted of improved Internet access, Digicel Guyana used results of a petition to lampoon the administration for foot-dragging on liberalising the telecoms sector to coincide with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company\u2019s (GTT) 29-year-old monopoly\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Usain Bolt Foundation Donates Computers To Schools In Trelawny<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Usain St.Leo Bolt is widely known for his sprinting abilities and his savvy business practices. However, Jamaica\u2019s most decorated athlete also likes to sport his massive philanthropic hat, and that\u2019s exactly what he did yesterday\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Government to combat cyber crime<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 Minister for Education, Hon. Dr. Gale Rigobert, met recently with heads of security, and telecommunications providers and regulators, to discuss to country\u2019s response to cybercrime\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wednesday, 29 January 2020<\/h3>\n

Flow moving flagship store to Romasco Plaza<\/h4>\n

British Virgin Islands <\/em>\u2013 Effective Friday, January 31, telecommunications provider, Flow, will no longer occupy its current location on Flemming Street in Road Town, Tortola\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Mobile emergency response app in works<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands <\/em>\u2013 Work is continuing on the creation of a mobile notification app to assist in sending out critical information to the public in times of emergencies\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Digicel supports Guyana #LiberalisationNOW petition<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 According to a press release from Digicel, the people of Guyana are tired of poor, unreliable broadband services and remote communities not being able to realise the dream of modern communications in their homes and are fed up of limited choice and not having the benefits of true competition\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital learning now available to Region Six schools<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 Hundreds of students from 14 primary schools in East Berbice Corentyne (Region Six) now have access to digital learning. The digital learning initiative is part of the \u2018ProFuturo\u2019 project, funded by the Organization of American States (OAS)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

E-Networks lands fibre optic cable<\/h4>\n

Guyana<\/em> \u2013 There is a major development now for Guyana with news yesterday that cable television operator, E-Networks, has landed its own submarine fibre optic cable\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

E-Networks\u2019 West Dem. branch robbed by \u2018customers\u2019<\/h4>\n

Guyana \u2013 Three young women are left traumatized after two gun-toting bandits who posed as customers stormed their place of employment on Tuesday in broad daylight and made good their escape with cash and cellphones\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digicel Financial Services Waiving Transfers Fees and Giving Free Minutes to Jamaica<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 On January 28, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake 80 miles from Jamaica and its aftershocks shook our beloved island\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital content being developed to train JCF members remotely<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 COMMISSIONER of Police Major General Antony Anderson says digital content is being developed to enable members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to train remotely\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Taxi operators to go cashless with new Zypps platform<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Jamaicans will soon begin to see a significant change in taxi services, primarily in the way rides are scheduled and paid for by passengers and taxi operators\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Tech minister urges companies to digitise paper files<\/h4>\n

Jamaica<\/em> \u2013 Minister of Energy, Science and Technology Fayval Williams is encouraging companies to digitise their paper files ahead of the data protection Bill, which is expected to be brought to Parliament within the next month\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thursday, 30 January 2020<\/h3>\n

\"\"PM turns down US$40 million deal with Huawei to appease US<\/h4>\n

Antigua and Barbuda <\/em>\u2013 Prime Minster Gaston Browne is suggesting that \u201cout of an abundance of caution\u201d \u2013 and in deference to ongoing tensions between the US and China \u2013 that he has passed on a deal with Chinese multinational technology giant Huawei\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

FUTURE OF Cayman Islands Telecommunications MARKET: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS, EVOLVING INDUSTRY TRENDS AND INSIGHTS 2020\u2013 2025<\/h4>\n

Cayman Islands<\/em> \u2013 The Cayman Islands Telecommunications report \u2013 8th series from OGAnalysis provides a complete view of the Cayman Islands telecom ecosystem along with trends and growth factors shaping the future of the market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

HAITI TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET REVENUE STATUS AND OUTLOOK (2020-2025)<\/h4>\n

Haiti <\/em>\u2013 The Haiti Telecommunications report \u2013 8th series from OGAnalysis provides a complete view of the Haiti telecom ecosystem along with trends and growth factors shaping the future of the market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Flow\/UTS appoints a country manager<\/h4>\n

Regional \u2013 Experienced telecoms executive Danny Macaya has been appointed to the position of Country Manager for the Dutch Caribbean and will now lead the integration of Flow and United Telecommunication Services (UTS) in Cura\u00e7ao, Bonaire, Dutch St. Maarten, French St. Martin, St. Barths, St. Eustatius and Saba\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

E-Government and the private sector a Chamber encounter<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 The St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture announces the first Encounter in its 2020 Chamber Encounter Series\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Invest Saint Lucia and Itelbpo Smart Solutions sign MOU<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 Itelbpo Smart Solutions was founded in 2012 in Jamaica. Nearly eight years later, it is now a global business, and the region\u2019s largest home-grown business process outsourcer\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

AMCHAM T&T: Tech will turn economy around<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago<\/em> \u2013 Can Trinidad and Tobago become a technology hub? \u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Friday, 31 January 2020<\/h3>\n

Persistence pays off . . . Digicel Shake to Win contest winner announced<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013 A young mother is now $10,000 richer after winning Digicel\u2019s inaugural Shake to Win competition\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

STUDENTS RECEIVE TABLETS<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013  Students from three St. Joseph Primary school received a much needed assistance to their educational development on Wednesday, after these class 3 pupils were given tablets for their personal use\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

TECHNOLOGY PUSH<\/h4>\n

Barbados <\/em>\u2013  The Aron & Christina Foundation Tablet Project continues to grow from strength to strength thanks to generous donors like Ryan and Ursula Pannell\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Wise up to online dangers . . . Making Caribbean children cyber safe<\/h4>\n

Barbados<\/em> \u2013 A regional initiative aimed at helping Caribbean children navigate cyberspace safely was recently launched in two islands\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"Finance Minister given tour of E-Networks subsea station<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 E-Networks on Wednesday granted Minister of Finance Winston Jordan, a tour of its subsea station, even as questions remain unanswered regarding what laws governed the granting of the permit for the project and the National Telecommunications Agency (NATA) continues to dodge answering\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sale of Govt. 20% shares in GTT\u2026 High Court orders seizure of US$3.2M from GTT bank account<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Under the guidance of the PPP regime, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) sold the State\u2019s 20 percent holdings in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT) to Hong Kong Golden Telecom Limited (HKGT) in April 2012\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Online Access To Stock Market Growing – But Is It Growing The Market?<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 The number of accounts hosted at the Jamaica Central Securities Depository, JCSD, for stock market investors jumped by more than 48,000 or 30 per cent, largely driven by new market entrants\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

RJRGLEANER Honour Awards 2019 | An Ordinary Man Doing Extraordinary Things<\/h4>\n

Jamaica <\/em>\u2013 Many have titled him as a fast-rising businessman with multiple awards in Jamaica\u2019s Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), but Johann \u2018Yoni\u2019 Epstein, the founder of itel-BPO Solutions, just wants to be remembered as an ordinary man who can \u2018roll\u2019 with any level of the cultural classes\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

New technologies bring governments closer to the people<\/h4>\n

Regional <\/em>\u2013 Roughly one third of Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS) and territories can be described as multi-island jurisdictions, most of which encounter challenges which are less severe in single-island Caribbean countries\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Itelbpo Smart Solutions begins operations in St. Lucia<\/h4>\n

Saint Lucia <\/em>\u2013 St. Lucia has become the fifth location for Jamaican business process outsourcing company, Itelbpo Smart Solutions\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

UK funds Digital Media workshops for Media Professionals in St Kitts and Nevis<\/h4>\n

Saint Kitts and Nevis <\/em>\u2013 \u2018Change Your Story\u2019 That was the theme for a comprehensive Digital Media Training workshop for media personnel in St Kitts and Nevis\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Public Wi-Fi, LED lights for PoS<\/h4>\n

Trinidad and Tobago <\/em>\u2013 The capital city is well on its way to becoming a \u201csmart city\u201d, with the recent launch of WI-FI connectivity and the retrofitting of LED light\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Saturday, 1 February 2020<\/h3>\n

Deltec Bank, Bahamas says – Banks are moving from talking about Blockchain to deploying it<\/h4>\n

Bahamas <\/em>\u2013 Deltec Bank, Bahamas ‘The ability to improve trust and transparency of transactions whilst reducing costs is very appealing to retail banks and others are starting to join the bandwagon… more<\/a><\/p>\n

2020 FUTURE OF DOMINICA TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET-TRENDS, OUTLOOK AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES OF MOBILE, FIXED LANDLINE AND BROADBAND MARKETS<\/h4>\n

Dominica <\/em>\u2013 The Dominica Telecommunications report \u2013 8th series from OGAnalysis provides a complete view of the Dominica telecom ecosystem along with trends and growth factors shaping the future of the market\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"GTT has to pay its fair share of outstanding taxes \u2013 GRA Boss<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Godfrey Statia, is insisting that the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) has to pay its fair share of taxes which are outstanding since 1991\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

GTT pays money to Court Registry<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Kaieteur News published yesterday, an article with the headline, \u201cSale of Govt. 20% shares in GTT\u2026 High Court orders seizure of US$3.2M from GTT bank account\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sunday, 2 February 2020<\/h3>\n

Despite enjoying decades of massive profits\u2026 GTT\u2019s parent company now complains about potential loss of revenues ahead of telecoms liberalisation<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 Over the years, Kaieteur News has exposed the modus operandi of foreign companies\u2014their Executives enter these shores and cut deals, which allow them to walk away with the lion\u2019s share of the nation\u2019s resources. This trend often contributes to the underdevelopment of country\u2019s industries.. more<\/a><\/p>\n

GTT\u2019s BLAZE customers to get rebate if service sucks<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT) has committed to a new and improved level of service delivery to its Blaze residential customers within a clearly defined customer service promise, says the telephone company\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

Sale of Govt.\u2019s 20% shares \u2026 NICIL to draw down US$7.5M more from GTT<\/h4>\n

Guyana <\/em>\u2013 On March 15, 2019, Justice Franklin Holder issued a judgment against Hong Kong Golden Telecom Limited (HKGT) to pay up US$10.7 with interest at the rate of 12% until paid, as a result of HKGT\u2019s failure to pay moneys that were owed for the purchase of the State\u2019s 20 percent shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT)\u2026 more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Image credits: Free-Photos (Pixabay<\/a>);  The Eleutheran<\/a>;  Brands of the World<\/a>;  Wikipedia<\/a>;  Wikipedia<\/a>; Guyana Chronicle<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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